Month: November 2015

Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs), former WBA and WBO Super Bantamweight World Champion, will go against Filipino boxer Drian Francisco (28-1-3, 22 KOs) in a 10-round super bantamweight fight. The announcement comes fresh after it was announced that Andre Ward had withdrawn as part of an undercard due to a knee injury. “We are thrilled…

For his upcoming fight against Canelo Alvarez on November 21, 2015, Miguel Cotto and his team held a conference call yesterday, on November 11, 2015. Participants in the conference call include: MIGUEL COTTO – WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion FREDDIE ROACH – International Boxing Hall of Famer and Seven-Time BWAA Trainer of…

Andre Ward (8-0, 15 KO’s), is vacating is WBA Middleweight title in order to move up to the light heavyweight division. Ward had won the title against Mikkel Kessler back in 2009 in his opening fight of the Super Six tournament. Ward had defended his title sic times against Allan Green, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham,…

Uh oh. Remember when Adrian Broner used to call Floyd Mayweather his “big brother”? Well, those days are probably gone! Broner said some unfavorable things about the fighters on Mayweather’s Money Team roster on Twitter: A few weeks after, Floyd himself responded to Broner: “You got fighters that I’ve stood behind, like Adrien Broner. When…

Things just got a little more interesting for the Cotto vs. Canelo fight on November 21, 2015 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV! Roc Nation Sprts’ founder, Jay-Z, and Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Oscar De La Hoya are pretty confident that their fighter will win. How confident? $100,000 confident! It all…

After being “grounded” for eight months, Rios got back into the ring last night against Timothy Bradley, only to suffer a 9th round KO loss. Rios himself even admitted that prior to the fight, the first two weeks of training were a struggle. He felt that his body was no longer the same. The proof…

After being out of the game for about eight months, Rios returned to the ring against Timorhy Bradley for the WBO Welterweight title. From the very start of the fight, Rios looked completely out of it. Not too surprising, as Rios even admitted that the first two weeks of camp were very difficult for him….